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Lesson Plan

Checkbook Project

Subject Math
Grades 6-8

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Introduction

Money, money, money, money…money! Practice adding and subtracting decimals with this real life lesson in writing checks and balancing a checkbook! Students will receive work bonuses that are not all the same! This shows them that not everyone in life will earn the same amount of money. Get ready to answer many questions with students about this project.

Learning Objectives

(MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.3) WALT accurately and efficiently add and subtract multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

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